Oh, the reviews! Thanks a lot, guys and girls! Like McCane helping Mina, I am eternally thankful!
Here's the next chapter. Happy reading!
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Hyde was chasing Tom Sawyer down a corridor. Tom was running for his life.
Crewmen were peeking out of doors, wondering what in Heaven's name was going on. But Tom was running too fast to tell them.
Hyde had pressured Jekyll into letting him out. So Jekyll had taken his potion and transformed. Tom had seen Hyde and seized the opportunity to use his new voodoo doll. The good news was, it worked. The bad news was, instead of controlling him, it had aggravated him. Hyde was now chasing after Tom, attempting to kill him.
Tom ran into a laboratory along the side of the corridor and locked the door. The door was made of thick, bulletproof metal, but Hyde could still probably break it down. It would take him a while, but he could probably do it. Tom would use that time to find a very good hiding place.
Looking around the laboratory, Tom saw another door along the opposite wall. He ran to it and opened it.
Mina was lying on a table while a crewman was bent over her, trying to force something into her eye. Mina was squeezing his hand, and gasping in pain.
"It hurts!" Mina sobbed. "It hurts so much!" She was squeezing his hand until it was white.
"I know, dear, but it's working," said crewman said in a soft, gentle voice. "You should see your eyes now, they're all cleared up!"
"Mina?" asked Tom, surprised to see her there. A storage room in the back of a laboratory alone with a strange man was no place for Mina to be.
"Shhhh," the crewman hushed him. "Don't distract her. She has to lie still for the potion to work."
"Ah," Tom nodded. He wasn't expecting this. Maybe Jekyll had handed over his new antidote to a crew member before he transformed and told him to try it on Mina. Or maybe this crewman was just skilled in chemistry.
Tom forgot all about hiding from Hyde and went over the table to watch. The crewman was forcing Mina's eyes open, and surprisingly, Mina's eyes were pretty much back to normal. Her skin was also back to normal. Tom smiled. Now that Mina was all better, she would start speaking to him again. And that meant that everyone would forgive Skinner.
The crewman turned toward Tom. "Young man, could you please stand here with her until I get back? I have to go inform the captain of her recovery."
"Yes, sir," Tom smiled. "I would be honored."
"Just stand over her and make sure her eyes stay open. I will be back in a few minutes," the crewman instructed him. He turned to leave, but then turned back. "Oh, by the way, I am Andre McCane. Pleased to meet you."
"Tom Sawyer," said Tom, nodding and shaking his hand. "Thanks for helping Mina."
"Don't thank me," McCane smiled. "It was nothing." He turned and left.
* * *
Henry Jekyll lay on the floor. He didn't want to get up; he ached all over. He couldn't remember a thing that had been happening. All he knew was, he had been yelling for Hyde to stop chasing Tom, Hyde wouldn't listen, Tom disappeared behind a thick, metal door, and Hyde didn't bother to break the door down because he figured Tom would come out sooner or later. That, and he didn't feel like breaking down the door. His arms were sore because of the pins Tom had been pricking his Hyde voodoo doll's arms with.
And somehow, Hyde had changed back to Jekyll. Without the help of the potion.
"Maybe it was the magic of the voodoo doll," said Jekyll thought to himself, still lying on the floor. "Maybe I should apologize to Tom."
Just then, a horrible pain seared at his stomach. Jekyll tried to get up, but doubled over in nausea. An overwhelming sensation of ache enveloped his body. This could only mean one thing. He was about to transform again.
"Not now," Jekyll said weakly. "Hyde, what are you doing?"
But Hyde wouldn't answer him. Trying his hardest not to vomit from the pain scorching at his stomach and chest, Jekyll got up and grabbed the guard rail of the corridor to steady himself as his weak body once again trembled with terror as became the dreaded Hyde. Maybe he wouldn't be thanking Tom after all.
* * *
Nemo climbed out of the Nautilus' boiler room, his face and clothes covered in dirt. The last four boilers had acted up, so he had been forced to leave McCane and Mina in the laboratory.
Nemo brushed himself off and looked up around to see what, if anything, was going on, only to find a floating hat and coat speeding up the corridor, with Edward Hyde charging right behind it. Skinner had emerged from his room and encountered Hyde, who was still angry about the fire extinguisher incident. Skinner wondered how Hyde could even remember something that had happened a few days ago (Hyde usually couldn't remember a thing,) but Skinner didn't ask. He just ran.
Nemo just shook his head and left the two of them alone. No way was he going after them, even if he WAS speaking to Skinner. Not wanting to run into the two of them again, Nemo simply turned the other way and headed back to the laboratory to check on Mina.
* * *
"Mina? MINA!"
Tom gently slapped Mina's cheek, but she wouldn't wake up. He had been forcing her eyes open just like McCane said, and was talking to her quietly, but all of a sudden she had stopped talking and her eyes had simply frozen. She was unconscious with her eyes still open.
"MINA HARKER!!!!!!!"
Tom tried to shake her awake. She wouldn't budge.
"It must be some unknown side effect of the antidote, or something," Tom thought aloud. It just had to be. McCane had seemed like such a nice man, and Tom had just met him. There was no way he would have done this to Mina on purpose. Would he?
"Uh, stay here, Mina. I'm going to get help," Tom said uneasily. It was very clear she wasn't going to move, but just in case she woke up, Tom grabbed a length of rope down off a shelf, tied one end to Mina's arm, and the other end of a leg of the table.
Tom looked at her for a few more minutes, hoping she would wake up. She was still breathing, and she still had a pulse, but she just wouldn't move. She was as still as a statue.
"Maybe she can still hear me," Tom thought. But then he thought again. How could she be able to hear him when her eyes were like that? As fragile as glass?
Tom abandoned all hope of trying to revive Mina, knowing he was fighting a losing battle, and hoped he would be able to find somebody who could do it. Going to the door that opened up into the laboratory, he opened it, hoping there was somebody as close as the next room that would be able to help.
There was.
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The tension here is so fragile that you could drop in on the floor if you aren't careful. ('The tension here is so thick that you could cut it with a knife' is way overused, and this is the only way I could think of to rephrase it. Sorry.) What could possibly happen next?
Tune in to the next chapter.
By the way, thanks again for all of the reviews I've gotten so far!
~ Alisonia
Here's the next chapter. Happy reading!
*
Hyde was chasing Tom Sawyer down a corridor. Tom was running for his life.
Crewmen were peeking out of doors, wondering what in Heaven's name was going on. But Tom was running too fast to tell them.
Hyde had pressured Jekyll into letting him out. So Jekyll had taken his potion and transformed. Tom had seen Hyde and seized the opportunity to use his new voodoo doll. The good news was, it worked. The bad news was, instead of controlling him, it had aggravated him. Hyde was now chasing after Tom, attempting to kill him.
Tom ran into a laboratory along the side of the corridor and locked the door. The door was made of thick, bulletproof metal, but Hyde could still probably break it down. It would take him a while, but he could probably do it. Tom would use that time to find a very good hiding place.
Looking around the laboratory, Tom saw another door along the opposite wall. He ran to it and opened it.
Mina was lying on a table while a crewman was bent over her, trying to force something into her eye. Mina was squeezing his hand, and gasping in pain.
"It hurts!" Mina sobbed. "It hurts so much!" She was squeezing his hand until it was white.
"I know, dear, but it's working," said crewman said in a soft, gentle voice. "You should see your eyes now, they're all cleared up!"
"Mina?" asked Tom, surprised to see her there. A storage room in the back of a laboratory alone with a strange man was no place for Mina to be.
"Shhhh," the crewman hushed him. "Don't distract her. She has to lie still for the potion to work."
"Ah," Tom nodded. He wasn't expecting this. Maybe Jekyll had handed over his new antidote to a crew member before he transformed and told him to try it on Mina. Or maybe this crewman was just skilled in chemistry.
Tom forgot all about hiding from Hyde and went over the table to watch. The crewman was forcing Mina's eyes open, and surprisingly, Mina's eyes were pretty much back to normal. Her skin was also back to normal. Tom smiled. Now that Mina was all better, she would start speaking to him again. And that meant that everyone would forgive Skinner.
The crewman turned toward Tom. "Young man, could you please stand here with her until I get back? I have to go inform the captain of her recovery."
"Yes, sir," Tom smiled. "I would be honored."
"Just stand over her and make sure her eyes stay open. I will be back in a few minutes," the crewman instructed him. He turned to leave, but then turned back. "Oh, by the way, I am Andre McCane. Pleased to meet you."
"Tom Sawyer," said Tom, nodding and shaking his hand. "Thanks for helping Mina."
"Don't thank me," McCane smiled. "It was nothing." He turned and left.
* * *
Henry Jekyll lay on the floor. He didn't want to get up; he ached all over. He couldn't remember a thing that had been happening. All he knew was, he had been yelling for Hyde to stop chasing Tom, Hyde wouldn't listen, Tom disappeared behind a thick, metal door, and Hyde didn't bother to break the door down because he figured Tom would come out sooner or later. That, and he didn't feel like breaking down the door. His arms were sore because of the pins Tom had been pricking his Hyde voodoo doll's arms with.
And somehow, Hyde had changed back to Jekyll. Without the help of the potion.
"Maybe it was the magic of the voodoo doll," said Jekyll thought to himself, still lying on the floor. "Maybe I should apologize to Tom."
Just then, a horrible pain seared at his stomach. Jekyll tried to get up, but doubled over in nausea. An overwhelming sensation of ache enveloped his body. This could only mean one thing. He was about to transform again.
"Not now," Jekyll said weakly. "Hyde, what are you doing?"
But Hyde wouldn't answer him. Trying his hardest not to vomit from the pain scorching at his stomach and chest, Jekyll got up and grabbed the guard rail of the corridor to steady himself as his weak body once again trembled with terror as became the dreaded Hyde. Maybe he wouldn't be thanking Tom after all.
* * *
Nemo climbed out of the Nautilus' boiler room, his face and clothes covered in dirt. The last four boilers had acted up, so he had been forced to leave McCane and Mina in the laboratory.
Nemo brushed himself off and looked up around to see what, if anything, was going on, only to find a floating hat and coat speeding up the corridor, with Edward Hyde charging right behind it. Skinner had emerged from his room and encountered Hyde, who was still angry about the fire extinguisher incident. Skinner wondered how Hyde could even remember something that had happened a few days ago (Hyde usually couldn't remember a thing,) but Skinner didn't ask. He just ran.
Nemo just shook his head and left the two of them alone. No way was he going after them, even if he WAS speaking to Skinner. Not wanting to run into the two of them again, Nemo simply turned the other way and headed back to the laboratory to check on Mina.
* * *
"Mina? MINA!"
Tom gently slapped Mina's cheek, but she wouldn't wake up. He had been forcing her eyes open just like McCane said, and was talking to her quietly, but all of a sudden she had stopped talking and her eyes had simply frozen. She was unconscious with her eyes still open.
"MINA HARKER!!!!!!!"
Tom tried to shake her awake. She wouldn't budge.
"It must be some unknown side effect of the antidote, or something," Tom thought aloud. It just had to be. McCane had seemed like such a nice man, and Tom had just met him. There was no way he would have done this to Mina on purpose. Would he?
"Uh, stay here, Mina. I'm going to get help," Tom said uneasily. It was very clear she wasn't going to move, but just in case she woke up, Tom grabbed a length of rope down off a shelf, tied one end to Mina's arm, and the other end of a leg of the table.
Tom looked at her for a few more minutes, hoping she would wake up. She was still breathing, and she still had a pulse, but she just wouldn't move. She was as still as a statue.
"Maybe she can still hear me," Tom thought. But then he thought again. How could she be able to hear him when her eyes were like that? As fragile as glass?
Tom abandoned all hope of trying to revive Mina, knowing he was fighting a losing battle, and hoped he would be able to find somebody who could do it. Going to the door that opened up into the laboratory, he opened it, hoping there was somebody as close as the next room that would be able to help.
There was.
*
The tension here is so fragile that you could drop in on the floor if you aren't careful. ('The tension here is so thick that you could cut it with a knife' is way overused, and this is the only way I could think of to rephrase it. Sorry.) What could possibly happen next?
Tune in to the next chapter.
By the way, thanks again for all of the reviews I've gotten so far!
~ Alisonia